phosphatize

phosphatize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English phosphate
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English phosphatize

    From phosphate + -ize.

    Verb

    phosphatize (third-person singular simple present phosphatizes, present participle phosphatizing, simple past and past participle phosphatized)

    1. to convert something into a phosphate
    2. to treat something with phosphate or phosphoric acid
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